Archive for February, 2010

Good Blog Habits #4 – Be Yourself

By Alice ⋅ February 5, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Be yourself.
Take a look at your favorite blogs. What do they do successfully? What makes them unique? How do you get to know the individual writer(s)?
What makes you unique? How can you be yourself on your blog, let readers get to know you, and meet your goals as a blogger? Let your personality [...]

Good Blog Habits #3 – Be Persistant

By Alice ⋅ February 4, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Be persistent.
The most successful bloggers are the ones that keep at it, even on days where no one visits and no one comments.
Focus on why you have a blog. Do you want to share your ideas? Teach something? Let off steam? Develop an author platform? Keep a journal of your life?
Don’t lose that focus. [...]

Good Blog Habits #2 – Be Personable

By Alice ⋅ February 3, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Be personable.
In other words, look at blogging as a way to connect with others. Be friendly. Don’t be afraid to make friends. When someone leaves a comment on your blog, thank them.
Make conversation. Network. Invite others to visit your blog. Invite others to write for your blog. Connect.

Your Article is Live – It’s the Little Things that Excite Me

By Alice ⋅ February 3, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

One thing I’ve advocated for several years is writing articles and distributing them to expand your brand, experience, and network. Plus, it’s nice to give something back. So many people have helped me get where I am today.
There are a variety of ways for writers to distribute articles including newsletters, personal blogs, guest blogs, magazines, [...]

Where do they come from—Those ideas, those characters?

By Alice ⋅ February 3, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Most times readers want to know where an author gets there ideas to write the stories they write. Sometimes ideas come upon us full blown, other times we have to fight with them, argue them down to our size, or just plain wrestle them to the ground. I find if I start out with my [...]

Good Blogging Habits

By Alice ⋅ February 2, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

We’ve all heard about the book Seven Habits of Highly Effective People and you may have even read the article about Habits of Highly Effective Writers, but what are the habits of a good blogger?
I have a few theories and I’ll share them over the next week.
Good Habit #1
Blog often.
If readers are to become [...]

Conflict and Plot

By Alice ⋅ February 1, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

“In order to have a plot, you have to have a conflict, something bad has to happen.”
Mike Judge
This post was submitted by Alice.

Plotting in Advance

By Alice ⋅ February 1, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

“If I had a plot that was all set in advance, why would I want go through the agony of writing the novel? A novel is a kind of exploration and discovery, for me at any rate.”
Chaim Potok
This post was submitted by Alice.

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